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Possible Moon Phases Engraved on Bone

Moon Phases?
This sketch of the
markings found on a Cro-Magnon
bone tool, c. 28,000 BCE, may indicate
one of the earliest forms of notation.
The markings are suggestive of the
phases of the moon, and correspond
with lunar phase data of that time
(Marshack 1993, p. 14).



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